The Urantia Book -- Part IV. The Life And
Teachings Of JesusPAPER 165: Section 6.
Answer To Peter's Question

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As they sat thinking, Simon Peter asked: "Do you speak this parable to us,
your apostles, or is it for all the disciples?" And Jesus answered:

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"In the time of testing, a man's soul is revealed; trial discloses what really
is in the heart. When the servant is tested and proved, then may the lord
of the house set such a servant over his household and safely trust this faithful
steward to see that his children are fed and nurtured. Likewise, will I soon
know who can be trusted with the welfare of my children when I shall have
returned to the Father. As the lord of the household shall set the true and
tried servant over the affairs of his family, so will I exalt those who endure
the trials of this hour in the affairs of my kingdom. P1824:6,165:6.3
"But if the servant is slothful and begins to say in his heart, `My master
delays his coming,' and begins to mistreat his fellow servants and to eat
and drink with the drunken, then the lord of that servant will come at a time
when he looks not for him and, finding him unfaithful, will cast him out in
disgrace. Therefore you do well to prepare yourselves for that day when you
will be visited suddenly and in an unexpected manner. Remember, much has been
given to you; therefore will much be required of you. Fiery trials are drawing
near you. I have a baptism to be baptized with, and I am on watch until this
is accomplished. You preach peace on earth, but my mission will not bring
peace in the material affairs of men -- not for a time, at least. Division
can only be the result where two members of a family believe in me and three
members reject this gospel. Friends, relatives, and loved ones are destined
to be set against each other by the gospel you preach. True, each of these
believers shall have great and lasting peace in his own heart, but peace on
earth will not come until all are willing to believe and enter into their
glorious inheritance of sonship with God. Nevertheless, go into all the world
proclaiming this gospel to all nations, to every man, woman, and child."

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And this was the end of a full and busy Sabbath day. On the morrow Jesus and
the twelve went into the cities of northern Perea to visit with the seventy,
who were working in these regions under Abner's supervision.